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Zhenning

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮寧镇宁 (Zhènníng).

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Zhenning

  1. A Buyei and Miao autonomous county in Anshun, Guizhou, China.
    • 2011, John A. Donaldson, “Tourism”, in Small Works: Poverty and Economic Development in Southwestern China[2], Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 120:
      For instance, in 1992-2002, the nominal GDP of Jinghong (capital of Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan), Dali, and Lijiang quintupled. The GDP of Zhenning county in Guizhou, which contains Huangguoshu Waterfall, also grew, but at about half this rate.

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References

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  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chenning”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 383, column 2